Category: Campus

By Paul Kelly Western and Bloodworks Northwest tied off a successful blood drive this past week: 341 donors gave blood on campus. Of those donors 142 were first-time donors, Sasha Seiden, a donor resource representative from Bloodworks Northwest who worked directly with Western for this particular drive, said. […]

By Ray Garcia Returning students may have noticed the newly-paved commuter parking lots, or C-lots on south campus and hoped the university’s parking shortage problems had finally been solved. However, the construction project was not intended to expand available parking. “We did get a modest increase in parking […]

E-waste, the largest growing form of waste in America, is any electronic device that is discarded by its user. This could range from a broken pair of headphones or an old phone charger to a TV or a microwave. Only 12.5 percent of old electronics are recycled — […]

By Mary Boynton The U.S. Department of Education 2018 budget plan, released this spring, proposes to eliminate or reduce funding for more than 30 programs, including a few that are crucial resources for some Western students paying tuition. The proposed budget is still awaiting approval from Congress. […]

On Friday, June 23, a pipe on the second floor of Fairhaven Complex stack 8 broke, filling a sink with water and spilling onto the floor. Over the weekend, the sink continued to overflow, causing a large amount of the second floor to become flooded before draining through […]

Western students may have been surprised walking around campus this month as 16- to 18-year-olds meandered between buildings. Going between lectures, dining halls and dorms, students may have felt a flash from the past as their younger counterparts passed by on the quad. One of the Extended Education […]

Tasked with creating action and dialogue to protect the Salish Sea, Western’s Salish Sea Studies Institute hired its first director, Ginny Broadhurst, in June. The institute was founded in 2015 and aims to educate the community about the Salish Sea environment. The institute aims to bring people involved […]

Are you done with your old lab coat? Instead of throwing it away in the trash or shoving it in the back of the closet, why not donate that perfectly useable coat? On Thursday June 1, the Out In Science club held a goggle and coat drive in […]

Sports

Senior co-captain Karli White had 10 goals and 28 total points in the 2017-2018 season. // Photo courtesy of WWU Athletics By Sara Bourgeau Practices start in two weeks, and Western’s women’s soccer team is preparing mentally and physically to focus on their skills and come together as […]